8 tee progress

The turf on the newly constructed 8th tee is doing very well.  The cooler weather has helped the fescue recover and the rooting of both the zoysia and fescue are tacking down to the soil.  We will be doing a walk mowing of the tee surface in the next few days as the turf continues to improve.  We added another 24 pieces of fescue to the front of the tee to finish off the surround.  We have some asphalt patch work to complete in a couple of spots and everything should then be complete. 

Here are a couple of pictures from the top of the Halfway House which gives a better perspective of the tee and how it now fits into the landscape.

Parts of the 4th, 6th and 12th blue tees were repaired a few weeks ago with some new zoysia sod.  They were top dressed heavily this evening and broomed in to smooth out the heavy application of sand.  I expect these sections of tee to be played in the next few days.  We appreciate your patience.

Also, the short range zoysia tee was verticut at about 1/2"(You cannot see the verticutting lines after the topdressing and dragging of the sand)  in depth today in two different directions to begin the process of taking some of the humps that natural form from topdressing divots and play over the last few years.  The tee was sanded  very heavily and fertilized.  I left the right third of the tee with a little less sand so that it would be in play but the left two thirds will need a few days of watering and growing before we place it back in play.    In the end, practice tees need to have the sod removed and the teeing surface leveled every few years to provide a completely level surface.